2:10 PM,
Jun. 21, 2013

Matt Carpenter was recently named executive director of the History Museum at the Castle in downtown Appleton.

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Kara Patterson
Post-Crescent Media

Matt Carpenter, the new executive director of the History Museum at the Castle, once led the development of the nationally controversial "AKA Houdini" exhibit for which the museum is well known.

The exhibit about escape artist Harry Houdini, who spent his childhood in Appleton, is one mainstay of the museum on College Avenue in downtown Appleton.

"The museum has a strong reputation as the place to go to learn about Harry Houdini," said Carpenter, who has worked at the museum since 1993 and most recently served as its interim director after the February resignation of then-executive ...